Emma Walters wins Triumph Inspiration Awards

[Fibre2fashion]

Lingerie designed by a De Montfort University (DMU) student has won the UK final of the Triumph Inspiration Awards (TIA) and now goes on to the global final in Germany.

For the fourth consecutive year Triumph International, one of the world’s leading lingerie and shapewear brands, invited students from the UK’s top fashion and contour design schools, DMU in Leicester and London College of Fashion, to take part in this prestigious design contest.

Winning student Emma Walters, 21, from Leicester, said: “My garment, entitled ‘Liberation’ is actually two garments in one. The model walks on to the catwalk in a traditional style corset representing how Victorian women used to be constricted in every aspect of their life.

“The corset then opens from a heart locket shape to form the silhouette of an angel that commemorates women’s fight to overcome all their restrictions and achieve freedom and equality over the past 125 years. Underneath the corset a body piece is revealed that celebrates the modern woman of today,” said Emma, who is studying DMU’s fashion and contour course.

“The outer corset is made from plastic which I vacuum formed over a mannequin with lace, boning and cording. This gave an embossed effect; so a traditional corset was made; but out of plastic. I then spray painted the corset through a floral lace.

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